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Before Nature
Cuneiform Knowledge and the History of Science
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
In the modern West, we take for granted that what we call the “natural world” confronts us all and always has—but Before Nature explores that almost unimaginable time when there was no such conception of “nature”—no word, reference, or sense for it.
Before the concept of nature formed...
by Noel Castree
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
We listen to a cacophony of voices instructing us how to think and feel about nature, including our own bodies. The news media, wildlife documentaries, science magazines, and environmental NGOs are among those clamouring for our attention. But are we empowered by all this knowledge or is our dependence...
by Valdemar Malin
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
This book is about Nature, Man and Life; about war waged by arrogant Man against Nature's wisdom; about Nature's rules of Life created for all living things, including Man; about socialist/progressive ideals that defy Nature: forced economic equality (live as others); coerced altruism (live for others);...
The Wild and the Wicked
On Nature and Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
A brief foray into a moral thicket, exploring why we should protect nature despite tsunamis, malaria, bird flu, cancer, killer asteroids, and tofu.
Most of us think that in order to be environmentalists, we have to love nature. Essentially, we should be tree huggers—embracing majestic redwoods,...
by Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology: the surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus set out to order and name the entire...
States of Nature
Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
The process of nation-building in Latin America transformed the relations between the state, the economy, and nature. Between 1760 and 1940, the economies of most countries in the Spanish Caribbean came to depend heavily on the export of plant products, such as coffee, tobacco, and sugar. After the...
Science, Soul, and the Spirit of Nature
Leading Thinkers on the Restoration of Man and Creation
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2005
An exploration of the relationship between humans and nature through conversations with 12 leading scientific and social visionaries
• Explores the importance of the unification of humankind and nature as it relates to creation, destruction, diversity, and the spiritual health of the world
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
The Best American Series
The next edition in a series praised as “undeniably exquisite” (Maria Popova), The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field. From Brooke Jarvis on deep-ocean mining to Elizabeth...
Beyond Versus
The Struggle to Understand the Interaction of Nature and Nurture
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Why the “nature versus nurture” debate persists despite widespread recognition that human traits arise from the interaction of nature and nurture.
If everyone now agrees that human traits arise not from nature or nurture but from the interaction of nature and nurture, why does the “nature...
Physical Chemistry
Multidisciplinary Applications in Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
The advancements in society are intertwined with the advancements in science. To understand how changes in society occurred, and will continue to change, one has to have a basic understanding of the laws of physics and chemistry. Physical Chemistry: Multidisciplinary Applications in Society examines...
by Evelyn Fox Keller
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2010
In this powerful critique, the esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debates, including the persistent disputes regarding the roles played by genes and the environment in determining individual traits and behavior. Keller is interested in both...
Making "Nature"
The History of a Scientific Journal
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Making "Nature" is the first book to chronicle the foundation and development of Nature, one of the world's most influential scientific institutions. Now nearing its hundred and fiftieth year of publication, Nature is the international benchmark for scientific publication. Its contributors...
Reconceptualizing the Nature of Science for Science Education
Scientific Knowledge, Practices and Other Family Categories
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Prompted by the ongoing debate among science educators over ‘nature of science’, and its importance in school and university curricula, this book is a clarion call for a broad re-conceptualizing of nature of science in science education. The authors draw on the ‘family resemblance’ approach...
Hume’s Science of Human Nature
Scientific Realism, Reason, and Substantial Explanation
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Hume’s Science of Human Nature is an investigation of the philosophical commitments underlying Hume's methodology in pursuing what he calls ‘the science of human nature’. It argues that Hume understands scientific explanation as aiming at explaining the inductively-established universal regularities...